By Jim Dower: Steve Kim from maxboxing is reporting that HBO is looking to put together a June 11th doubleheader with Paul Williams (39-2, 27 KO’s) making a comeback against a still to be determined opponent and unbeaten super featherweight contender Adrien Broner (20-0, 16 KO’s) fighting in the second part of the card.
Why HBO is looking to put Broner on their network again is a mystery, because Broner looked terrible in his last fight against Daniel Ponce De Leon last weekend, earning a controversial 10 round unanimous decision in a fight that many boxing fans felt that Broner should have lost. I personally had De Leon winning the fight. However, even if you ignore the controversial decision, you can’t ignore how boring Broner was in the fight. It looks like HBO us making the same mistake of putting on fighters that don’t please the boxing public.
Broner slightly resembles Floyd Mayweather Jr. with his fighting style, but he fails to put his punches together the way that Mayweather does and doesn’t seem nearly as sharp and in command as Mayweather. It’s not a good sign that Broner is having to go life and death with a fighter like De Leon, who was wiped out with ease by Juan Manuel Lopez. HBO might want to cut their losses and lose Broner.
Williams was stopped in the 2nd round in his last fight against Sergio Martinez. It was an especially bad knockout loss for Williams in that he was knocked completely out by a left hand thrown from Martinez. The severity of the knockout loss would suggest that Williams won’t be fighting anyone dangerous in June. That’s not going to be good and having Broner in the same card could equal bad ratings for HBO.
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